When Cities Become Science, Where Does Art Fit In?

"Flower Power" by on the back wall of Rochester's restaurant. (NPR; Image: Mark Deff Photography/Courtesy of WALL\THERAPY)

But, with all this push to quantize and characterize, there are dangers. Cities clearly are more than a new kind of physics problem. They are also creations of the human imagination and, as such, they live or die by the quality of the imagination we bring to them.

Thats why no discussion of the health of cities can be complete without thinking about the role of art — public art.
— npr.org

Trailer for Rochester, NY's first WALL\THERAPY public art project "BELIEVE".